Soap-holder



(No Model.) C. A.

SOAP HOLDER.

Patented Apr. 28, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. BRYANT, OF WAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOAP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,734, dated April 28, 1885. Application tiled September 5, 1884. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES A. BRYANT, of Wakefield, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soap-Holders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Soap-holdershave heretofore been made consisting of perforated receptacles provided with handles.

In my improved holder the receptacle or soap-box is tted for rapid rotation. whereby the soap is more quickly dissolved to the extent desired, as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a perspective elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the holder in modified form. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the nut. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the box. Fig. 5 is an end view of the nut, and Fig. 6 shows a modified form of han dle.

A is the handle formed by the doubled end of wire B, as in Fig. I, or of wood, as in Fig. 2, with wire B inserted. The lower end of wire B is bent at one side and then upward to receive the flanged thimble a. The frame receiving the soapbox C is formed of a wire, D, bent double, twisted in its upper portion, and entered at its upper end into a tube, d, on wire B, Fig. l, or into the wood handle, Fig. 2. Its lower portion is firmly locked to thimble a by passing through the two opposite holes'in the flange and bent to lit the grooves in the top 'of the thimble, which turns with frame D on the end of wire B.

any perforated material, and has a flanged band, e, of sheet metal around the edge, through which wire D passes, and the sides and bottom of the box are creased to receive the Wire and thimble.

On the flange of band e is a cover, f, notched at g to allow it to pass the projections h on the band when the cover is to be removed, and held in place at other times by the projections h. i is a nut sliding on wire B and fitting the twisted portion of' wire D. By moving nut z' up and down while the device is held in hand by handle A the wire D and soap-box C are caused to rotate rapidly in alternate directions. The currents and agitation of the water thus caused are most effective in dissolving the soap and carrying out the dissolved portions.

The handle may be made in the form shown in Fig. 6, so as to occupy less space in length.

It will be understood that in this applica'- tion I make no broad claim to the use of the twisted wire rod with its actuating-nut, the same being embodied in aconcurrent application of mine for an egg-beater.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a soap-holder, the twisted wire with its strands parted or spread apart at the lower end, in combination with the receptacle hav- 7o ing the thimble connected to it centrallyl of its bottom, the rod with its lower end enter ing said thimble, and the actuating-nut, substantally as and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES A. BRYANT. W'itnesses:

ELLEN M. BRYANT, A FRANK. H. BRYANT.

The soapbox C is formed of wirecloth or 4o 

